Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction examines how the Anthropocene and its challenges are addressed by contemporary writers in a variety of genres broadly defined as speculative fiction. The book demonstrates that speculative fiction, can alter the readers’ perception of their duties and responsibilities towards their communities.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Anthropocene And Speculative Fiction: Introduction, Tereza Dedinová, Weronika Laszkiewicz, Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun
Part I: Nature and Culture in the Anthropocene
Chapter 1: "The Being That Can Be Told": The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin as a Remedy for the Anthropocene, Tereza Dedinová
Chapter 2: Young Adult Fantasy to Save the World? Retelling the Quest in Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle, Carrie Spencer
Chapter 3: The Forest as a Voice for Nature: Ecocriticism in Fantasy Literature, Britta Maria Colligs
Chapter 4: The Fantasy of Wilderness: Reconfiguring Heroism in the Anthropocene, Facing the Age of Ecocentrism, Lykke Guanio-Uluru
Part II: (Post)Apocalyptic World and the Anthropocene
Chapter 5: Anthropocene vs Plague: Disastrous Diseases and their Impact on Society as Seen in Literature, from Thucydides to Modern Speculative Fiction, Jirí Jelínek
Chapter 6: Fantasy, Myth, and the End of Humanity in M.R. Carey's The Girl With All The Gifts, Maria Quigley
Chapter 7: Beyond the Anthropocene: Human
